Mexico
Mexico postpones approval of large-scale GM corn fields
MEXICO CITY - A top Mexican government official said Thursday that the long-awaited but highly controversial approval of genetically modified (GM) corn fields on a commercial scale will drag into next year.
Mexican president wants to change his country's name ... to Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has one non-urgent item pending on his agenda in the dying days of his presidency - he wants to change his country's name.
Citigroup could unload stake in Aeromexico: Aeromexico CEO
TOLUCA, Mexico - Citigroup Inc may sell its 37 percent stake in Grupo Aeromexico , the holding company of Mexico's top airline, as the U.S. financial services giant continues to unload noncore assets, Aeromexico's chief executive said on Wednesday.
A Minute With: Guillermo del Toro on "Rise of the Guardians"
LOS ANGELES - Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is known for putting a dark twist on super heroes and children's fantasy, but in "Rise of the Guardians" the producer brings together holiday heroes for a festive adventure.
Juanes, Jesse & Joy take home top Latin Grammys
LAS VEGAS - Colombian rocker Juanes and the Mexican brother and sister pop duo Jesse & Joy took home the top Latin Grammys on Thursday in Las Vegas on a night in which the contemporary triumphed over the traditional. | Video
Mexico's top organized crime investigator steps down
MEXICO CITY - The head of Mexico's organized crime unit stepped down on Thursday, just weeks after announcing that members of his team had been charged with having links to the nation's most powerful drug cartel.
Mexico lawmaker introduces bill to legalize marijuana
MEXICO CITY - A leftist Mexican lawmaker on Thursday presented a bill to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.
"Exposure" to U.S. may raise immigrants' obesity risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that the longer immigrants from Mexico, and their U.S.-born offspring, spend in the United States, the greater their odds of becoming obese.
Xi Jinping's journey from China party elite to party leader
BEIJING - Three years ago in Mexico, China's new Communist Party chief provided a rare glimpse of a leader who was born into a revolutionary aristocracy and came of age in the tumult of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.
U.S. immigration U-turn has Hispanics seeing 'light at end of tunnel'
PHOENIX - Ricardo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, sets off each day before dawn looking for casual work in construction not knowing if he will return home to his wife and three children or get snared in an immigration sweep. Lately, he feels the pervasive fear slowly lifting.
Gaza ceasefire holds but mistrust runs deep
GAZA/JERUSALEM - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday with scenes of joy among the ruins in Gaza over what Palestinians hailed as a victory, and both sides saying their fingers were still on the trigger. | Video
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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